Pleasure-canal.



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PLEASURE CANAL.

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PLEASURE CANAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 689,1 14, datedDecember 17, 190

Application filed October 2, 1901. Serial No. 77,267. (No model.) i

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV E. PAPE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pleasure- Canal, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Myinvention relates to pleasure-canals,and m ore particularly to meansfor removing boats from a low water-level to a relatively higherWater-level and for maintaining different levels of Water in the canal.

I will describe a pleasure-canal embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a pleasurecanal. to which my invention isapplied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wheel for maintaining water atdifferent levels and the lock for facilitating the passage of boats.Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same, partlyin section. Fig. 4: is alongitudinal section upon the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is across-section upon the line 5 5 in Fig. 2, showing certain details inelevation; and Fig. 6 is a section upon the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The bottom of the lock is shown at 1, and the bottom of the canal atdifferent points is shown at 2 3. The bodies of water at differentlevels are shown at 4 5 and at 9 10.

As shown in Fig. 1, the canal consists of a sinuous body of water 1,which is maintained at a higher level at one point than at another, thetwo points being immediately adjacent to each other and branching intotwo members. The bodies of water 5 10 are of approximately the samelevel, which is the lowest level to be found in the canal. The bodies ofwater 4: 9 are of approximately the same level, which is higher than thelevel of the water 5 10.

The water-wheel 6 is mounted upon a shaft 7, which is rotated by anydesired mechanical means in the usual manner.

to the higher level.

The wheel is d respectively, from the higher and lower levels adjacentto the wheel to the interior of the locks shown in Fig. 2. These lockscomprise gates 13 14: of the kind usually employed in canals, and theyare kept closed by the pressure of the water. They are also providedwith gates 15 16, which are hinged at the bottom for the purpose ofallowing boats to pass over them. A box or casing 17 is provided betweenthe locks for the purpose of holding the valves 18 19,'connected withthe conduit 11, and the valves 21, connected with the conduit 12, andalso the emergency-valve 19, connected with the emergency-conduit 20.This emergency-valve is provided with a handwheel 32 or equivalentdevice and is used when it is desirable to cause all the water in thelocks to conform to a common level. The valves 18 19 2O 21 are operatedby means of valve rods 23 24, which are connected to walking-beams 2526, the same being pivotally mounted upon shafts 27 28. Handles 29 30are connected with the shafts 27 28 and are used in operating thevalves. The boats 31 are used for carrying passengers in the usualmanner.

The operation of my device is as follows: Suppose that a boat 31 is inthe position shown at the left in Fig. 3 and is about to entera lock.The gate 13is swung open and the boat passes in, the gate beingafterward closed. The water in the lock is now at the lowest level. Thevalve 18 is thrown open and the valve 20 is closed by a movement ofthehandle 29. This causes the water to flow from the highest level adjacentto the wheel through the pipe 11 and to raise the boat into the positionshown at the right in Fig. (i. The level of the water in which the boatis now floating is the same as that of the body ofwater 4, and the boatpasses out of the look by bending the gate 15 downward and outward. Thegate being now closed, the boat proceeds downward upon its journey fromthe position shown at the right of Fig. 3, ultimately a'rriving at theposition shown at the left of Fig. The boat passing from the hodyofwater 5 through the gate lLlS treated the same way, except thatthe wateris here admitted through the valves 19 21 by means of the handle 30.

This leaves the water in the lock at the same level as the water t or atthe high level. To reduce it to the low level, the valve 21 is openedand the valve 18 closed, or the valve 21 is opened and the valve 19closed as the case may be. This lowers the waterin either side ofthelock to the lowestlevel. It will be seen, therefore, that the twoparts of the lock are entirely separate and independent and that thewater may have a different level in one from that which it has in theother. By means of the emergency-valve, however, the two parts canattain a common level, as above described.

The valves 20 21 are so located that when they are open and theinlet-valves closed the Water in the locks will be brought to the properlevel to conform to the low-water level of the canal. By thisarrangement any accidental change in the level of the water in the canalwill not prevent the water in the looks from being reduced to the levelwhich it should normally assume, for the reason that the level of waterin the locks may thus be governed by the valves 20 and 21.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1.. Apleasure-canal, comprisingawaterway provided witha wheel for maintaining separate bodies of water at different levels,locks adjacent to said wheel, conduits connecting said looks with saidbodies of water, and means controllable at will for opening and closingsaid conduits.

2. A pleasure-canal, comprising a wheel for maintaining bodies of waterat different levels, locks located adjacent to said bodies of water,inducts for admitting water into said locks, and ed ucts for drawingwater therefrom.

A pleasure-canal, comprisinga waterway provided with a wheel formaintaining separate bodies of water at different levels, locks adjacentto said wheel, conduits connecting said looks with said bodies ofWater,and manually-operated valves for opening and closing saidconduits.

4. A pleas ure-canal, comprising a waterway provided with a wheel formaintaining separate bodies of water at different levels, locks adjacentto said wheel, conduits connecting said looks with said bodies of water,an emer gency conduit connecting said locks with each other, andmanually-operated valves for opening and closing the said conduits.

5. A pleasure-canal, comprising a waterwheel for maintaining separatebodies of water at different levels, locks adjacent to said wheel,conduits connecting said looks with each other, and valves for openingand closing said conduits.

6. A pleasure-canal, comprising a waterwheel for maintaining separatebodies of water at different levels, locks adjacent to said wheel,meansfor admitting water to said locks, conduits for permitting Water to flowout of said locks, said conduits being located slightly above the lowestwater-level, and valves for opening and closing said conduits.

7. A pleasure-canal, comprising a sinuous waterway having ends disposedadjacent to each other and bifurcated, a water-wheel, locks disposedadjacent to each other for maintaining water at different levels in saidends of said waterway, conduits connecting said looks with adjacentbodies of water of different levels upon opposite sides of said wheel,and valves for opening and closing said conduits.

8. A pleasure-canal, comprising a sinuous waterway having ends disposedadjacent to each other and bifurcated, a water-wheel, locks disposedadjacent to each other for maintaining water at different levels in saidends of said waterway, conduits connecting said locks with bodiesofwater at different levels upon opposite sides of said wheel, valvesfor opening and closing said conduits, an emergency-conduit connectingsaid locks together, and valves for opening and closing all of saidconduits.

9. A pleasure-canal,comprisinga waterway, a water-wheel and locks formaintaining water in different parts thereof at different levels,conduits for changing the level of the Water in said locks, a pluralityof valves for opening and closing said conduits, levers for actuatingsaid valves, and handles for operating said levers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV E. PAPE.

WVitnesses:

S. DANGLER, FREDERICK PAPE.

